New Miles Davis release, from his love-it/hate-it electric funk years. Personally, in certain, err, introspective moods, I like the style a lot. If your mind can wrap around polyrhythmic layers of sound, you might like it too.
village voice > music > Miles Davis's The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 by Francis Davis
First the arithmetic: six complete sets on as many discs, recorded over four nights at a D.C. jazz club in December 1970, bits and pieces previously released in altered form on Live-Evil. Featuring Gary Bartz, Keith Jarrett, Michael Henderson, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira, and John McLaughlin (last two discs only), The Cellar Door Sessions is like a companion volume to Live at the Fillmore East from the previous March—but this time it was a jazz audience that must have been wondering what the hell was going on.
“The Cellar Door Sessions 1970” (Miles Davis)
I got my first CD player soon after, about 10 years after everyone else.
I was a late bloomer to CDs as well (1992?)--I think my first disc was In the Court of the Crimson King. I bought In a Silent Way and Big Fun that first year for an electric Miles jones, but you're right--state of mind is key with that stuff, and of course psychedelics help.
Hard to remember to flip the vinyl over when you are on another planet.